Pasion Performance Group

Pasion Performance Group We are a dance group that centers culture, art, and social change through process and performance.

Pasion Performance Group (PPG) is a dance group centering wellbeing, culture, art, and change. PPG emerged in 2021 through brainstorms and strategy of cultural and accessible approaches to an integration of health, wellbeing, and creative practice in efforts towards healthy sustainability and long life (mabuhay), and also carries forward ancestral practices, knowledge, and wisdom. Our mission is t

o have a collective conversation on inter-cultural, ancestral practices and core values regarding integrated health, wellbeing, culture, and creativity through embodied storytelling, and to hold space for people to be their most sovereign selves to ignite innovation for future generations to be multifaceted creators and leaders.

Anamata: Dance of Tomorrow • Facilitator: (Aotearoa)• Collaborators: (Hawaii), .pasion8 (California), (Washington), ...
06/04/2024

Anamata: Dance of Tomorrow

• Facilitator: (Aotearoa)

• Collaborators: (Hawaii), .pasion8 (California), (Washington), (Hawaii)

• Partners: .group

Tuning in to the vibrations of the ‘āina during FestPAC2024, a satellite ensemble of cultural practitioners, dance artists, scholars & community will gather to explore creativity and methodology.

The public events include:
3 x Dance Hikes (approx. 2 hrs duration)
• Monday 10 June
• Tuesday 11 June
• Wednesday 12 June

Meet early at 8am (departing by 8.30am) at Holoholo Cafe & Market (2330 Kuhio Ave).

Bring own transport (or carpool), water and snacks, appropriate clothing and footwear, yoga mat or similar. Each day we will head to a different secret locale for a collective traversing of the rich external elements of O’ahu. With embodied and talk story interactive activations offered by Maui Lovell, Tiaki Kerei and Toni Pasion.
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Anamata Dance Lab
10am-2pm (studio tbc)

Tiaki Kerei and Toni Pasion will physically direct movement workshopping that evolves their practices as contemporary / cultural dance makers. They ask “What is the dance of tomorrow?”

The lab will generate ideas, tasks and material which will be documented. All dance experiences welcomed, wear appropriate clothes to move freely in and bring water and snacks.
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Please register which day/s you’d like to attend Dance Hikes to [email protected] as places will be limited.

Join us for our first Open House of the year and under new instructor/ownership! for Saturday April 13 11am - 3pm.Try o...
03/25/2024

Join us for our first Open House of the year and under new instructor/ownership!
for Saturday April 13 11am - 3pm.

Try our Hula Basics, Keiki & ʻŌpio Hula, Adults Hula, and Philippine Dance class for kids & adults for free!
There will also be performances from our students and light refreshments.

We are excited to get together with our local community.
See you then!

On why communal performance: We prepare for it and do it so that you know who you are; you know who we are; your famili...
01/16/2024

On why communal performance:

We prepare for it and do it so that you know who you are; you know who we are; your families in the audience know the part of you that moves your soul, and who we are here- because you spend time here and your time is important; and for us all to see what we are today and who we can be together, because weʻre all connected.

Excerpts of “LAGIP” at the Fontana Art Depot in June 2023.

Photos:

One breath at a time ✨Throwback of collective breathing to begin our inaugural dance ceremony “Lagip” in June 2023 at th...
01/14/2024

One breath at a time ✨

Throwback of collective breathing to begin our inaugural dance ceremony “Lagip” in June 2023 at the Fontana Art Depot.

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We are excited to ring in 2024 with Lunar New Year Festival in Downtown Riverside!🎊🐉We go on the stage on Sunday 1/28 a...
01/11/2024

We are excited to ring in 2024 with Lunar New Year Festival in Downtown Riverside!🎊🐉

We go on the stage on Sunday 1/28 at 3pm and for the first time will bring together dancers from UCR Filipino/x & Hula Dance classes and along with dancers from our new home base !

Come through and say hi!

💥 BE SURE to get your tickets on the pananaevents.com website. Link in bio. Donʻt forget! We want to see you! So avoid the line and RSVP for your free tickets now!

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:KNOW YOUR WAʻA: HAWAIIAN VALUES, PRACTICE, AND KINSHIP & HOW THEY INTERSECTWith Kumu Nicole Kanahele...
11/07/2023

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
KNOW YOUR WAʻA: HAWAIIAN VALUES, PRACTICE, AND KINSHIP & HOW THEY INTERSECT
With Kumu Nicole Kanahele Stutz of Pilina ʻŌiwi
 
Pilina ʻŌiwi offers indigenous education with the goal of strengthening native identities through the shared Pacific Islander values of community, cultural practices, and environmental kinship. Our organization focuses on native Hawaiian lifeways and traditions to help learners build a foundation of knowledge to understand and navigate the intersection of ancestral values and western values. We support students to counter identity deficits with a strong sense of self, and hopefully provide more opportunity for personal and academic growth.
 
About:
Nicole Kanahele Stutz is passionate about pilina (connection) and ʻōiwi (natives) and indigenous knowledge. Nicole is kanaka maoli, native Hawaiian, a hula practitioner, and a cultural practitioner who was born and raised in Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi and now makes her home in Yucaipa. She attended the prestigious Kamehameha Schools, later earned a masterʻs degree in Teaching English as a Second Language, and spent her professional career teaching in the university system. Nicole serves as a cultural advisor for school districts and organizations including Crafton Hills University AANHPI and Island Grad. She is currently the director of Pilina ʻŌiwi, an organization that seeks to strengthen native identities through connection with community, environment, and practice.
 
Location: Arts 300
Date: Wednesday November 8, 2023
Time: 2:00 - 3:20 PM

Open to the public.

Hosted by DNCE 75A: Narratives Through Hula
RSVP: [email protected]

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:LUA: HAWAIIAN MARTIAL ARTSWith Kumu Lua Michelle Mānu  About:Michelle Mānu is internationally known ...
11/07/2023

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
LUA: HAWAIIAN MARTIAL ARTS
With Kumu Lua Michelle Mānu
 
About:
Michelle Mānu is internationally known for her accomplishments as a 10th Degree Black Belt, Alihikaua (General), and Kumu Lua (teacher) of the evolved indigenous Hawai’ian cultural practice and warrior art of Lua (Kaihewalu and Mānu lineages). Kumu Mānu is currently the only high-ranking female teacher of this art and currently the only public representative of a Hawai’ian woman warrior in over 200 years. She is presently the only woman to be given the designation of “Knight Commander” of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I (O’ahu Chapter), for her continued work in protecting, promoting, and perpetuating the Hawai’ian culture through the Lua.

She uses the Hula dance to teach Lua as she believes it is essential for timing, balance, placement, and micro-body movements during close-quarters combat. Kumu Mānu teaches this at UCLA, Honolulu Community College, and in her system - Nā Koa (The Warriors) and Pā Lua O Mānu. Kumu Mānu has been featured in magazines such as: Black Belt Magazine; Hawaiian Airlines Hana Hou!; Martial Arts Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; Martial Arts Xperience; Inside Kung Fu; Sports Illustrated; and many more.

Kumu Mānu has been a legal professional for 27 years. She has earned a Juris Doctorate (JD), business credentials from George Washington University, senior executive leadership credentials from Harvard Business School, a master’s degree in Metaphysical Science (MMsc), and is a candidate for a PhD in Philosophy (2023) with an emphasis in personal transformation. Kumu Mānu also accepts offers to work regularly in the industry in shows, films, podcasts, and live television. She will make her directorial debut in 2024. Kumu Mānu has released the book, The Weaponry of the Solomon Kaihewalu Lineage, and plans to release The Woman Metaphysician-Warrior (2023) and The Butterfly Effect (2024). She is the founder of the first organization of its kind, the Women’s Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

Location: Arts 300
Date: Wed. Nov. 16, 2023
Time: 2:00 - 3:20 PM

Open to the public.
Hosted by DNCE 75A: Narratives Through Hula
RSVP: [email protected]

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS - FILIPINO CULTURE'S MOST UNSUNG EXPORT?With G**o Conrad Cayman () From movies...
11/02/2023

⚡️UPCOMING WORKSHOP:
FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS - FILIPINO CULTURE'S MOST UNSUNG EXPORT?
With G**o Conrad Cayman ()

From movies and tv shows to government agencies and militaries to multitudes of practitioners around the world, the Filipino Martial Arts, most often known as Eskrima, Arnis, or Kali has made an impact that has not yet been fully appreciated. This presentation will include an introduction to some of the basic movements of FMA, as well as exploring a Filipino-American's journey and to find his identity and reconnect to his heritage, sparked by the Filipino Martial Arts.

About:
G**o Conrad Cayman has dedicated 33 years to training in the martial arts. The bulk of that time has been spent with various styles of Filipino Martial Arts, and has also studied Silat, Capoeira, Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Boxing, and Tang Soo Do. He was a staff instructor at the renowned Inosanto Academy, where he taught one of the Filipino Martial Arts classes for 11 years. G**o Conrad has also taught several different classes for UCLA Recreation, been a guest professor for the UCLA World Arts & Cultures / Dance Department, and has taught workshops in Canada, Belgium, and Germany. Always trying to improve, he attends seminars, takes online lessons, and has traveled to the Philippines and Brazil to study in addition to his regular local training. Outside of martial arts, G**o Conrad is a working Traditional Jazz musician and bandleader, playing guitar, upright bass, ukulele, and banjo ().

Location: UCR Arts 300
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023
Time: 3:30-4:50PM

Open to the public.

Hosted by DNCE 75A: Narratives Through Filipinx Dance
More info: [email protected]

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